Mary Carey is a pornographic actress and film director, born on 15th June 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and is perhaps best known for her appearance in the “Celebrity Rehab” TV series which aired in 2008 on VH1.
Have you ever wondered how rich Mary Carey is? According to sources, it has been estimated that Carey’s overall net worth is $500.000. acquired largely thanks to a successful career in the pornographic film industry. Having taken part in a reality TV show, her popularity and net worth increased significantly. Since she is still an active member of the entertainment industry, her wealth continues to grow.
Mary Carey Net Worth $500 000
Mary was born into a rather dysfunctional family, as both of her parents were mentally handicapped, and so she was raised by her grandparents from a baby, although her mother moved in with Mary after she divorced. When Carey was seven years old, the family moved to Florida, and Mary continued to attend dance lessons she had started taking in Cleveland, and had straight A’s in school. At the age of twelve, she made her stage debut in “The Nutcracker” with the Miami City Ballet. Due to her dancing talents, Mary was offered scholarships from many prestigious institutions, however, due to her weight and poor health of her grandparents, Carey decided to leave ballet, instead enrolling at Florida State University, where she won a place on the dance team.
Since she had to provide money to take care of her grandmother’s deteriorating health, Mary found a job as an adult Internet site model, and later a stripper. Eventually, as suggested by her agent, she traveled to Los Angeles to look for adult-film producers and studios, finally getting a job with Playboy TV. She gained attention when appearing in shows such as “Totally Busted” and “Sexy Urban Legends”, meanwhile working for Kick Ass Pictures. She appeared in over 100 adult films, becoming one of the most recognized porn stars of the day. In 2008, Carey appeared on “Celebrity Rehab”, a show which documents the experiences of celebrities who undergo treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, seeking help for her addiction to Xanax.
Soon after, Mary appeared in the “Sober House” TV series, which started airing in January 2009.
Apart from her career in show business, Carey has also been active in politics. During the 2003 California recall, she was an independent candidate, placing tenth among the total of 135 candidates, running a platform which among other things, included making lap dances tax deductible, creating a “Porn for Pistols” exchange program etc. Two years later, she announced her bid for Lieutenant Governor of California but dropped out of the race in October the same year, so she could take care of her mother.
When it comes to her private life, Mary has been married twice. It is not known when she married her first husband, but the couple divorced in 2004. Her second marriage was to Mario Monge, to whom she was married for seven years before divorcing in 2016.
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Filed for divorce from her husband of 6 years Mario Monge. [March 2016]
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Submitted papers to run in California's gubernatorial recall election. Election took place October 7th, 2003, she lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger. [August 2003]
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Is a Republican. She joined the GOP at the same time she attended a fund-raising event hosted by the Republican Party with the president of the adult entertainment company that produces her videos.
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On June 14, 2005, she attended the President's Dinner in Washington, DC, an annual fundraiser put on by the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Mary and her boss, Mark Kulkis of porn production company Kick Ass Pictures, also attended a lunch prior to the event.
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In California's gubernatorial recall election on October 7, 2003, Mary finished 10th among the 133 candidates on the ballot. Running as an Independent, with her name appearing as Mary (Mary Carey) Cook, she drew 11,174 votes, 0.2% of the total.
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Finished tenth among the replacement candidates in the election to recall California Governor Gray Davis. She received over 10,000 votes which was more than celebrity replacement candidates Gallagher and Angelyne.
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Announced her candidacy for the governorship of California in the recall election of 2003. Her platform includes seven promises: legalization of gay marriage, taxation of breast implants, making lap dances a tax deductible business expense, wiring every room of the California Governor's Mansion with web cams, creation of a Porn for Pistols program to remove handguns from the state's streets, recruitment of performers in the adult industry as goodwill ambassadors, mandating jury duty for all Californians collecting unemployment, and freeing the porn industry from harassment by the government. [August 2003]